The stunning 2D animation let's nature tell it's own story without any tropes of current animation.

| Original Score: A+ | Mar 12, 2019

Visually stunning, and fitfully dramatic.

| Jun 8, 2018

Many kids will like this mustang tale.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 28, 2010

When the movie wants to look majestic, the colors truly emanate, but when it wants to look grim, it can look very grim and moody; I was breath taken.

| Apr 29, 2009

Spirit: Stallion Of the Cimmaron, which and is technically Dreamworks' first animated film since the monster CGI hit Shrek, as a hand-drawn film has quite a bit to live up to, but succeeds admirably at finding the heart that is often missing from technica

| Jul 2, 2008

There's nothing thrilling or new about the work here, but accomplished it is.

Full Review | Jun 11, 2008

Spirit is smarter than your average cartoon because it doesn't try to joke around with a host of annoying talking animals.

| Dec 26, 2007

Gorgeous and plenty exciting, but overcooked with corny narration and an endless barrage of Bryan Adams songs telling us how to feel at every moment.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

There's not much of a story, the whole thing's a bit superficial, and there's little to laugh at, but it's still a refreshing change from the norm.

| Jun 24, 2006

There are genuine moments of beauty in Spirit -- visually and emotionally speaking -- but ultimately they aren't worth the price of suffering through the extraneous material that too often sullies the picture.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

A welcome, entertaining, and fun ride.

| Feb 1, 2004

...[a] genuinely thrilling movie that's appropriate for all ages.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 1, 2003

It dares to do things a bit differently, and it does them generally quite well.

Full Review | Original Score: 76/100 | Jul 28, 2003

A worthy, if dull addition to the studio's animated works.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 16, 2003

Sappy and manipulative; it's further weighed down by an overloaded, over-politically-correct script.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Mar 23, 2003

...A bland but pleasing animated horse story...

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 8, 2003

I really wish I liked Spirit better.

| Jan 7, 2003

The film meant well in its horse tale about freedom, but wasn't able to reach the heart because it was too overbearing.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 25, 2002

The only, and I repeat only, problem in this film is Bryan Adams. Fantastic character animation.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 7, 2002

Plainspoken story about a horse in the Old West is simple, sincere and engaging for kids and adults.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 7, 2002